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Major [[chess]] events that took place in 2016 included the [[Women's World Chess Championship 2016]] between [[Mariya Muzychuk]] and [[Hou Yifan]], won by Hou Yifan, and the [[Candidates Tournament 2016|Candidates Tournament]], won by [[Sergey Karjakin]], who challenged [[Magnus Carlsen]] in the [[World Chess Championship 2016]]. Magnus Carlsen won the match on tiebreaks and retained the title of World Chess Champion.

== 2016 tournaments ==

This is a list of significant 2016 [[chess tournament]]s:
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! Tournament !! Dates !! Players !! Winner !! Runner-up !! Third
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| 2016 [[Tata Steel Chess Tournament]] || 16–31 Jan  || 14 || {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Magnus Carlsen]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Fabiano Caruana]] || {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Ding Liren]]
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| 2016 [[Gibraltar Chess Festival]] || 26 Jan – 4 Feb || 150 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Hikaru Nakamura]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Étienne Bacrot]]
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| 2016 [[Zurich Chess Challenge]] || 12–15 Feb || 6 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Hikaru Nakamura]] || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Viswanathan Anand]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vladimir Kramnik]]
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| [[Women's World Chess Championship 2016]] || 1–14 Mar || 2 || {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Hou Yifan]] || {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Mariya Muzychuk]] || –
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| [[Candidates Tournament 2016]] || 11–30 Mar || 8 || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergey Karjakin]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Fabiano Caruana]] || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Viswanathan Anand]]
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| [[U.S. Chess Championship]] [[2016 US Chess Championship|2016]] || 13–30 Apr || 12 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Fabiano Caruana]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Wesley So]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Hikaru Nakamura]]
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| [[Altibox]] [[Norway Chess]] 2016 || 18–30 Apr || 10 || {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Magnus Carlsen]] || {{flagicon|ARM}} [[Levon Aronian]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]
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| [[Shamkir Chess#Shamkir Chess 2016|Shamkir Chess 2016]] || 26 May – 4 Jun || 10 || {{flagicon|AZE}} [[Shakhriyar Mamedyarov]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Fabiano Caruana]] || {{flagicon|NED}} [[Anish Giri]]
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| [[Grand Chess Tour#Grand Chess Tour 2016|Paris Grand Chess Tour]] || 9–12 Jun || 10 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Hikaru Nakamura]] || {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Magnus Carlsen]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]
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| [[Grand Chess Tour#Grand Chess Tour 2016|Leuven Grand Chess Tour]] || 17–20 Jun || 10 || {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Magnus Carlsen]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Wesley So]] || {{flagicon|ARM}} [[Levon Aronian]]
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| [[Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting#2016|2016 Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting]] || 9–17 Jul || 8 || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vladimir Kramnik]] <br /> {{flagicon|USA}} [[Fabiano Caruana]] <br /> {{flagicon|CUB}} [[Leinier Domínguez Pérez]] || –
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|[[Sinquefield Cup]] 2016 || 4–16 Aug || 10 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Wesley So]] || {{flagicon|ARM}} [[Levon Aronian]] || {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Veselin Topalov]]
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| [[World Chess Championship 2016]] || 11–30 Nov || 2 || {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Magnus Carlsen]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergey Karjakin]] || –
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|[[London Chess Classic]] 2016 || 9–18 Dec || 10 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Wesley So]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Fabiano Caruana]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Hikaru Nakamura]]
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| 2017 [[World Rapid Chess Championship]] || 26–28 Dec || 106 || {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Vassily Ivanchuk]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alexander Grischuk]] || {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Magnus Carlsen]]
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| 2017 [[World Blitz Chess Championship]] || 29–30 Dec || 108 || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergey Karjakin]] || {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Magnus Carlsen]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Daniil Dubov]]
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